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LIST OF POSTAL/COURIER CATEGORISED OPERATORS

DOMESTIC COMMERCIAL COURIER

Operators under this category are legible to conduct courier operations within all the districts of Malawi.  These operators are mainly commercial entities and do not provide universal service.  Operators currently operating under this category are as listed below:

  • Ampex Courier
  • G4S Courier
  • Speed Courier

Domestic/Freight Forwarding Services Commercial Courier Licence

Operators under this category are mainly transporters – for collection, conveyance and distribution/delivery of courier items between the cities of Blantyre, Zomba, Lilongwe and Mzuzu.  This category of operators is not obliged to operate under the universal Service Obligation and mostly commercial.  The Authority does not have any licensed operators operating under this category at the moment.

Domestic (Inter-City) Commercial Courier

Operators under this category operate within the main cities of Blantyre, Zomba, Lilongwe and Mzuzu.  They are commercial entities and are not obliged to operate under the universal service obligation.  Operators currently operating under this category are as listed below:

  • SOSOSO Courier Services
  • Kwezy Bus Courier
  • Ankolo.com

Domestic (district/one City/Intra city) Commercial Licence

Operators operating under this category are legible to operate in any one of the districts/city of Malawi. This category of operators is not obliged to operate under the universal postal obligation and mostly commercial. The Authority does not have any licensed operators operating under this category at the moment.

INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL COURIER

Operators under this category handle exports and imports of courier items in Malawi.  They are mostly commercial and do not provide universal postal services.  Operators currently operating under this category are as listed below:

  • Air Cargo
  • Posts Courier
  • DHL
  • Fed Ex Express
  • Xerox UPS
  • Glens- Aramex
DESIGNATED PUBLIC POSTAL OPERATOR – MALAWI POSTS CORPORATION

The Authority has the powers to designate an operator to be a Public Postal Operator.  In the case of Malawi, the Authority designated Malawi Posts Corporation to be the Public Postal Operator.  The Public Postal Operator has a universal service obligation which other operators do not have.

  • Malawi Posts Corporation

[ays_poll id=3]Generally Spectrum Management aims at;

  1. Providing access to basic communication services to all Malawians through the use of available technologies i.e. wireless.
  2. Ensuring effective utilization with equitable access.
  3. Accommodating future needs and requirements by careful planning
  4. Harmonizing national and regional best practices with international trends
  5. Enhancing socio-economic growth of Malawi through better spectrum pricing

MACRA is putting in place spectrum management policies that must are flexible and responsive to the needs of the market, recognizing that each class of spectrum user has different requirements. For example, promoting the use spectrum -efficient technologies, such as narrow band transmission, trunking between cells with high mutual traffic loads and digital signaling, can sometimes relieve crowding in the mobile radio frequencies thereby addressing the challenges in the way the radio frequency spectrum is managed.

Principles of Assignment

Depending on the type of service to be licensed, frequencies shall be assigned based on “first-come, first-served” basis so long as frequencies are available and that the licensing requirements are satisfied. When spectrum shortage is anticipated or when specific government goals are being pursued to foster competition in a particular business sub-sector or for other specific reasons, this approach may be dropped and selection procedures adopted to ensure that spectrum is efficiently and effectively utilized. In situations of spectrum shortages, preference will also be given to those providing greater public benefits, the spectrum utilization and overall efficiency irrespective of date of receipt of the applications concerned.
Other assignment types that can be followed include Spectrum Auction, Beauty Contest, Spectrum Trading e.t.c.

Spectrum Pricing
A full table of prices applicable to terrestrial spectrum services is made available.
All users of frequencies shall be required to pay a fee, including Government Agencies or departments except those that are exempt from paying the applicable fees. The fees paid upon registration shall be renewable annually at a rate to be specified under the licence conditions. The price charged for the spectrum assigned will among other factors be dependent on such factors as size, level of competition and classification of spectrum (prime / non-prime) as well as the administrative overhead costs associated with monitoring and management.

The price that is charged for the spectrum will as much as practically possible be proportional to the derivable benefits and level of usage within the band.

Exempt / Waiver categories
Any waiver in part or in full of spectrum fees will only apply under the appropriate legislation and any regulations made there under. Exempt categories, i.e. ISM band (2.4 GHz, 5.8 GHz) shall nevertheless be required to pay a registration fee determined by the Authority.

Spectrum Planning
MACRA on a regular basis will review utilization of the spectrum in response to present, emerging and future needs. The plans will be based on the technological and other needs of the country especially in the area of universality. Particular attention will be drawn to promoting and making available the spectrum for use in wireless technologies to be used in rural and under-served communities. This process shall facilitate opening of new bands and re-allocation of frequency spectrum to operators if found necessary to ensure effective and efficient use of the frequency spectrum.

MACRA shall take into consideration all relevant key stakeholders in the sector during any review process as well as international radiocommunication conferences i.e. The World Radio Conference (WRC) where major spectrum decisions are taken. In terms of planning, critical issues that are considered include;

  1. ITU Table of Allocation (especially for Region 1).
  2. Regional Frequency Allocation Plan (SADC region).
  3. National Frequency Band Plan.
  4. Technology Neutrality.
  5. Universal Access / Service requirements.
  6. Frequency re-farming options.
  7. Government / Security operations.
  8. Public Safety and Disaster Preparedness.
  9. Coordination needs with neighbouring countries (Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia).

Spectrum Monitoring
MACRA continually monitors the usage of the spectrum through the Frequency Management & Monitoring (FMM) equipment that has remote monitoring stations distributed within the country. This is done to ensure;

  1. Compliance to specified technical operating standards.
  2. Resolving cases of harmful interference.
  3. Eliminating illegal / unlicensed operations in the sector.
  4. Protecting licensees within the framework of legal operation.

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